by bmelsby | Jan 22, 2024 | new teacher
New Teachers: Here Are Five Ways To Give Yourself a Raise by Brad Melsby – updated January 18, 2024 According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the average teacher salary in the United States was $66,397 in 2022. Unless you’re working in the...
by bmelsby | Jan 22, 2024 | instruction
8 Easy Ways to Use Collaborative Learning in Your Teaching by Brad Melsby – updated March 2, 2026 My first teaching job was 7th-grade Social Studies in Northern California. When I look back on that time, I was definitely guilty of too much direct instruction and...
by bmelsby | Jan 10, 2024 | instruction
How to Get More Activity and Engagement From Classroom Lectures by Amanda Melsby — updated November 18, 2024 Briefly… Despite being one of the most common forms of teaching, lecture has acquired a negative reputation in education. Critics point to the...
by bmelsby | Jan 4, 2024 | instruction
Building a Better Understanding of Culturally Responsive Teaching by Amanda Melsby — January 5, 2024 We often hear misconceptions about culturally responsive teaching and, like other topics in education, it has even become politicized. If you can avoid the...
by bmelsby | Jan 3, 2024 | classroom management
What Are Trauma-Informed Practices? Six Basics for New Teachers by Amanda Melsby — January 5, 2024 The numbers are staggering: Approximately two-thirds of children have experienced at least one traumatic event by the age of 16. Of that number, 1 in 7 children...
